NetWits

MAY 19, 2008

Welcome to NetWits, brought to you by your friends at Blackbaud. For many years, we’ve shared our opinions and advice on Internet marketing, online fundraising, and web-deployed solutions in a variety of other Blackbaud and industry publications. We’ll also feature original stories about many of our interesting clients, too.

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MARCH 4, 2022

Here at Blackbaud, our Global Trust and Security Program is taking this matter very seriously, and the protection of our customers is top of mind. If the language is abnormal or if they’re asking you for confidential information, do not engage. That’s all a malicious actor needs to compromise your information. www.nist.gov.

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Volunteer Hub

MARCH 5, 2023

Volunteers are able to self-register from anywhere with an internet connection, saving your organization a significant amount of time and improving the overall experience for volunteers. Are you trying to provide information to a specific group of volunteers? Do you want to allow volunteers to register to an event on-site?

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APRIL 12, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Good Nonprofit Infographics Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on April 12th, 2011 Who doesn’t love a good infographic? Especially when they help reveal a lot of information in a visual format.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Blackbaud and Mashable teamed up on an infographic that explores the social side of fundraising. Lots of great trends and information about how the top nonprofits are leveraging social media. Blackbaud took the widely discussed 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report and turned it into an infographic.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

At Blackbaud, where I serve as chief technology officer, one of our core tenets has been to design an open, cloud-based software and data architecture. The Internet of Things. Internet of Things (IoT) technology is cheap and accessible and can transform normal household items into network devices that generate data.

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NetWits

MAY 20, 2008

The Solution: Using Blackbaud® NetCommunity ™, designers and consultants from Blackbaud Interactive™ worked with the development staff from BFC to create a new site that would better reflect the organization’s image, raise awareness, and engage constituents in a variety of ways.

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NetWits

MAY 23, 2008

The power of the API lies in the ability to connect databases and applications to provide a 360-degree view of your constituents; this is something that can only be achieved when all of your systems (and other applications that contain valuable information) are talking in real time, versus collecting and transferring data after the fact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2012

The book is based on their wildly successful presentation and deck, “ 50 Social Media Tactics ” at the BlackBaud Conference in 2009. Click to view on Amazon. I was honored to be invited to write the foreword for this book. Take this terrific guest post by Melanie over at Frogloop blog about Pinterest, for example.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2014

By Mary Beth Westmoreland , Blackbaud’s vice president of product development. In very basic terms, the cloud is the Internet. The two environments were made for each other to share vast amounts of data and information from any place, any time in a simple way. cloud blackbaud nonprofits nonprofit'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Note From Beth: Frank Barry from BlackBaud kindly agreed to write a guest post showcasing some of the best presentations caught on video at the BlackBaud’s Conference last week. Blackbaud just finished hosting a pretty large conference for the non-profit industry. Flickr Photo by Geoff Livingston. Check out the video.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2017

In the simplest terms, AI is the part of computing that not only collects information from us and from the Internet, but also learns from what it stores. TechSoup donor partner Blackbaud has been using AI and machine learning to generate recommendations to fundraisers directly in its software applications.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

There are more than 280 Million websites on the internet and over 200 Thousand of those are U.S. At Blackbaud we saw our non-profit customers send over 1 Billion emails in 2010. Let’s take a look at three big focus areas that you should be paying attention to. Search Engine Optimization. based non-profits websites. Social Media.

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Volunteer Hub

MARCH 21, 2023

A manual process for entering volunteer data becomes even more prone to errors when the person entering the information is tired or in a hurry. VolunteerHub integrates natively with many of the leading CRM solutions on the market, including all Blackbaud CRMs, and Salesforce. Are you trying to engage corporate partners?

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NTEN

APRIL 11, 2014

NTEN Board of Directors Thank you all for your dedication and service: Agnes Zach, Executive Director, Willamette Valley Development Officers Almin Surani, Chief Information Officer, Canadian Red Cross Amy Borgstrom, Associate Director of Policy, Corporation for National and Community Service Edward G.

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JANUARY 8, 2009

Check out this post which "shares some very early online giving trends from Blackbaud clients. This information comes from approximately 2,000 nonprofit organizations using Blackbaud's Internet solutions." " The Collective Power of Individuals - BusinessWeek - Thinking Twitter?

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NetWits

MAY 17, 2011

With the continued growth of Internet usage, the rise of social media, and the smart phone revolution it’s likely that social fundraising will continue to play a significant roll for non-profit organizations (or start to play a growing roll for those organizations who don’t already participate in this type of fundraising).

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

I’ve been following the discussions on the Unitarian Universalist techie listserv and it’s a great information sharing group. ” I hope he continues to curate this informational website. Mobile Beacon offers low-cost 4G mobile broadband devices to provide Internet connectivity pretty much anywhere you need it.

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2012

Consider a world in which the internet is 250 times faster. The community is a space for sector leaders to share information about how nonprofits are using technology to connect with their supporters and succeed in their missions. View the Blackbaud Impact Awards categories and nominate someone worthy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 5, 2013

Luminate Online by Blackbaud is a great cloud-based software solution that will personalize your constituent interactions. When it comes to internet marketing, blogs, social media, gifting, videos, forums, how-to documentation, product discovery, industry research, and even newsletters and idea banks, Luminate Online can deliver.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 28, 2017

At Blackbaud, where I serve as Chief Technology Officer, one of our core tenets has been to design an open, cloud-based software and data architecture. With data, analytics, and intelligence in mind, the following capabilities emerge as candidates to have a great positive impact: The Internet of Things. Usage information.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Your website functions as your nonprofit’s home on the internet, and it’s most likely where you’re going to direct potential volunteers to find opportunities. Therefore, it’s absolutely vital you keep this information up-to-date and easily accessible. . Keep an updated website. . Use volunteer grant tools to motivate donors.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 20, 2020

Did you receive an email asking you to click a link or attachment in order to update your merchant services, credit card, or bank account information ? They can also use your donation forms for credit card testing, allowing them to validate stolen payment information. Beware of the unsolicited email .

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Long gone are the days of ‘a database’ – we now manage numerous, vast repositories of data that result from recording not only demographic information and financial transactions, but all manner of consumer behavior, psychographic details, preferences (likes, along with dislikes), and social activity. Remote access, anyone?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2013

senior Internet marketing consultant at Blackbaud. Some nonprofits spend a lot of time on content and information architecture when redesigning their websites. Tools like Google Analytics offer a large amount of information. Nonprofits may (or may not) have given a lot of thought to their information architecture.

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Tech Soup

JULY 27, 2012

Nicole McGougan is a Blackbaud public relations associate. Don’t let your mind turn to mush this summer – our free webinar series will keep you informed and ready to tackle the upcoming school year. For more information on this series, please visit here.

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NetWits

JANUARY 29, 2009

The term “virtual doorway” describes a website that welcomes new and returning visitors in from the cold of the worldwide web with relevant, targeted information and a clear path to needed services and desired outcomes. Tags: email online fundraising Internet Marketing.

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NetWits

APRIL 12, 2012

Of course, the internet and our websites are important. For information sought by our major gifts prospects. Does your website provide the financial, program, fundraising, administrative, and other information that a major gift prospect is likely to seek out before making a significant gift? Online Support is Needed.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 8, 2013

Perhaps other organizations’ home bases, embassies, and outposts are informing your supporters’ perceptions of your cause, instead of you. Marketing Technology Assessment Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 Tools Web Building social media blackbaud online community nonprofits nonprofit online marketing digital marketing'

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2014

Mobile Beacon offers hotspot devices with $10 unlimited 4G mobile broadband data for use when you’re working or traveling in places without Internet access. Find some examples of CauseVox fundraising campaigns here and more detailed information about the offer here. Of course Blackbaud is the big name fundraising software.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

." Craig Newmark: A Nerd’s Take On The Future Of News Media - Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist.org, has a great post on Huffington Post - it's applicable to all those creating content, sharing news, and pushing information out via online platforms. "There

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2012

NOZAsearch is available through the Blackbaud donation program at TechSoup. All information is from publicly available Internet locations; the nonprofit is the source of the data. Check out the new npENGAGE blog for more information, tips, and trends about analytics, prospect research, and more. Try your own search today!

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

eTapestry , by the nonprofit donor management leader, Blackbaud, offers online tools for fundraising and donor management. FileMaker is general database software that you can fully customize for managing mailing lists and maintaining donor information. DonorPerfect is both fundraising and donor management software.

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2011

World Change, by Glennharper Here at NTEN we talk about the power of technology to change the world every day - in part, by allowing unheard voices, information, and numerical data to speak in new and meaningful ways. Frank Barry discusses 39 questions you can answer with Facebook insights on his Blackbaud blog. Anything we missed?

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2011

By Frank Barry, Director, Professional Services, Blackbaud. People may search for "Cooking Mama" and then find our parody, Cooking Mama, the Unauthorized PETA Edition: Mama Kills Animals, where they are exposed to information about raising and killing animals for food. Who are you, and what do you do at PETA?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Why do other nonprofits extract a lot of value out of their information? Internet of Things. These nonprofits are accelerating change in the world by staff using data to influence strategy and inform decisions that produce value and impact. Culture Eats Big Data for Lunch – Guest Post by Steve MacLaughlin. Algorithms.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 10, 2015

Did you know users are now spending upwards of 60% of their Internet time on mobile devices? Yes, its true—a recent study has shown that not only is the majority of Internet traffic generated from mobile devices, but that users are spending an increasing amount of their Internet time on mobile devices and in apps.

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